In today's society, we rarely get to unplug. Even if we are with our loved ones, we keep our phones on, just in case. Ana Estrella, assistant professor of biology at Missouri State-West Plains, made sure that for one week, phones were off. How did she do it? She took one West Plains and eight Missouri State Springfield students to Costa Rica. About the trip Red macaws, … [Read more...] about More than science: Costa Rica 2018
Typical college credit can consist of lecture in a classroom or even field trips to local areas. However, the biology department knows that it can look different. For Emily Milton, college credit looks like penguins. Over the summer, she went to Tasmania, an island state in southern Australia, to study their habits and hopefully take them away from the verge of … [Read more...] about MSU biology student studies penguins in Tasmania